Orientalist Jones : Sir William Jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794 / Michael J. Franklin.

A critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudice reshaping Western perceptions of India and the Orient...

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Main Author: Franklin, Michael J.
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Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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520 8 |a A critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudice reshaping Western perceptions of India and the Orient. 
505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Claiming Kin in Calcutta: Jones Discovers the Indo-European Family of Languages -- 2. â€?Persianâ€? Jones, London Welshman, Surveys his Roots -- 3. â€?Druidâ€? Jones on the Carmarthen Circuit: Radicalization and Recreation on the Celtic Fringe -- 4. Impressive Patrons and Impressing Mariners -- 5. Republican Jones and the â€?Poetry of Politicsâ€?: Fragments of Liberty -- 6. Knowing India: Asiatic Researches/Recreations -- 7. Europe Falls in Love with Śakuntalā 
505 8 |a 8. Life and Death in Calcutta: A Courtroom View of the Ethics of Empire9. â€?Indo-Persianâ€? Jones and Indian Pluralism -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z 
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